NGC 2288
NGC 2288
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
253 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
13k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 253 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2288 as it looked roughly 253 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
NGC 2291Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 2274Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 2294Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 2290Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2289Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 2275Spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2274Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 2294Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 2290Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2289Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 2275Spiral26 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).